Ghana international Jordan Ayew can play across the front line for Aston Villa and Tim Sherwood.

Count them in -- one, two, three, four new signings confirmed at Villa in the past few days. With the kick-off to the 2015-16 Premier League season now just a week away, Tim Sherwood has been involved in a blur of transfer activity and his squad looks a great deal stronger as a result.

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Jordan Ayew has made an encouraging start to his Aston Villa career without even kicking a ball. Confirmed as a new signing on Monday afternoon, almost immediately the striker was making claret and blue friends. "It took 10 seconds to work out he was the right coach for me and Aston Villa was the right team for me," said the 23-year-old, reflecting on his first meeting with manager Tim Sherwood and providing a mini-masterclass on how to create the perfect first impression at the same time.

For two of the past three summers, Villa fans have lived through near constant speculation about the Belgian striker's future; it was kept off the agenda in 2014 probably only because he was recovering from his ruptured Achilles tendon and therefore was effectively off the market. Since before May's FA Cup Final,...

In the space of a week, the midfielder has gone from the brink of joining the Manchester club to changing his mind and pledging his loyalty to Villa, and finally to completing an astonishing U-turn and signing for the former Premier League champions. Suddenly, there was a photograph of him undergoing a medical, followed swiftly by official...

His departure brings to an end a rather curious four years at Villa Park. Given's experience probably encapsulates the often chaotic state of play at the club over the last few years perfectly. Much like Darren Bent, who joined Villa six months before the Irishman and also left this summer,...